Let's Cook It Right (Revised Edition)

Davis, Adelle

Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1962

About this Item

Classic work by one of the pioneers in the healthy eating movement, promoting the value of vitamins & good nutrition way ahead of her contemporaries. With the motto, "Good Health Comes From Good Cooking," this cookbook was first published in hardcover in 1947 (please see our listing #024289 for a later copy of that First Edition). This is the First Revised Edition from 1962 (an Aug.1968 printing), in 597 pages + list of equivalent measures on the decorative endpapers. Major changes include a reduction in the use of solid fats & increased use of vegetable oils, + a new awareness of the potentially carcinogenic effects of many preservatives, colors, dyes, artificial sweeteners & flavorings. With bright red cloth-covered boards stamped in silver lettering to front & spine, this hardcover is in VG condition: generally quite clean, but with a spattering of light soiled spots to all outside edges of text block & a couple of internal pages (see photo 5 for the worst). Else, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked. could be , illustrations throughout& "newly revised and updated" in 1962 & published in this mass market paperback format in 1970; this is the 10th paperback printing, in 573 pages with Index.Condition is VG: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages modestly tanned, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked. Light surface discoloration, bent bottom outer corners on pages 113-142.The unclipped DJ (with orig. $4.95 price intact to front flap) is just Good: largely intact save for slight chipping to head of spine & some corners, but soiled & darkened, particularly to spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Let's Cook It Right (Revised Edition)
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Revised Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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